THE ORIENTAL Pan Asian restaurant will be celebrating the Chinese New Year this weekend in style. The Fleming Road restaurant is greeting in the New Year with Lion Dancing performances at the restaurant on Sunday 26th January around 1pm.
ON 5 February 2014, the Royal Opera House is hosting a free conference to launch Culture Change, a new business support programme for creative and cultural industries based in the East of England. The conference will open at 9am with a networking opportunity, followed by an introduction by Alex Beard at 10.15am and the first presentation. It will close at 4pm.
Tom is one of our best known comedians, author and television stars, becoming a household name through his own TV shows and as hostmaster supreme of many television quiz shows. This is a chance to meet a first class standup and hear some of his funny stories from many years in showbiz.
AN INQUEST will be held on Wednesday into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Chafford woman. Anita Belcher, 42, died after falling from the Queen Elizabeth bridge on May 8th last year. The inquest is expected to last one day.
A SEVERE weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for the Thurrock area on Saturday. The warning issued states that a spell of heavy rain is likely to affect south-eastern parts of England during the first half of Saturday, clearing eastwards early in the afternoon.
C2C are putting on extra trains, into and out of London for those planning to enjoy the New Year celebrations. There is a 1.45am train from Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness, calling at all stations via Laindon.
THE RAT Pack Vegas Spectacular Show! It's fun all the way as the 'Purveyors of Cool' swing into town with a sensational show with live orchestra featuring The Greatest Music Of The 20th Century. Wonderful memories of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Junior in a fabulous production that continues to be successful worldwide.
WE are working closely with the Met Office to monitor conditions ahead of tomorrow. Road users are urged to check traffic and weather conditions before setting out on journeys and to heed any advice such as speed restrictions once they are on the strategic road network.
INTU Lakeside announced what’s hot on the nation’s Christmas list this year, after asking its shoppers to take to Twitter as part of the very first digital ‘twishlist’. Maintaining the technology theme, the search found that the tech savvy shoppers most want an iPad 2 this Christmas, allowing them to enjoy all their favourite entertainment on the go.
IT IS SMALL BUSINESS Saturday across the country on December 7th. This will be the UK’s first ever Small Business Saturday, and it’s set to be the biggest celebration of small businesses that Britain has ever seen.
THERE will be a Table Top sale at the Drake Road Community Centre (opposite The Sandmartin pub) on Chafford Hundred from 12.45pm to 3.15pm tomorrow (December 7th). Messy madness and face painting for the kiddies, Santa will be paying a visit too!
The closure of the Southbound on slip is to assist in the construction of the extension to the A13/A1014 Basildon facing A13 On-Slip for Thurrock Council. Motorists will be directed to the next junction at the Orsett Cock Roundabout and will return to the A13/ A1014 junction via the Southend-bound carriageway of the A13.
360 Champagne & Cocktails has opened at intu Lakeside, offering a slice of the high life to shoppers. Based right in the heart of the shopping centre, the bar offers 120 seats, a bar magician, flaring bartenders and a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, plus sweet and savoury snacks such as cupcakes, afternoon tea, artisan breads and olives.
